The Khronos Group Releases SYCL 1.2.1
The specification for SYCL 1.2.1, which is based on OpenCL 1.2, has been finalized and released on the Khronos website. The describe it as a major update over the previous standard, SYCL…
Read MorePosted by Scott Michaud | Dec 10, 2017 | General Tech | 1
The specification for SYCL 1.2.1, which is based on OpenCL 1.2, has been finalized and released on the Khronos website. The describe it as a major update over the previous standard, SYCL…
Read MorePosted by Scott Michaud | Dec 9, 2017 | Displays | 1
Acer announced their PE320QK professional display several months ago, but it is now available. Before we get too far into the specifications, and there are some things that need to be…
Read MorePosted by Scott Michaud | Dec 8, 2017 | General Tech | 0
The latest version of Qt, 5.10, has released today. While many developers will likely stick on the 5.9 branch for long-term support, 5.10 brings several flashy features to the C++ framework....
Read MorePosted by Scott Michaud | Dec 3, 2017 | General Tech | 5
While not directly relevant to our PC enthusiast demographic, DigitalFoundry has just published a discussion about Xbox One backwards compatibility for Xbox 360 and Original Xbox games. There will be a written…
Read MorePosted by Scott Michaud | Dec 3, 2017 | General Tech | 0
Plants vs Zombies is now available “On the House” through Origin. This means that it’s free, forever, if you claim it onto your account while it’s still active. Think of...
Read MorePosted by Scott Michaud | Dec 3, 2017 | Processors | 12
According to Fudzilla’s unnamed, “well-placed” sources, Intel could have already launched a 10nm CPU, but they are waiting until yields get better. This comment can be parsed in multiple ways....
Read MorePosted by Scott Michaud | Nov 27, 2017 | General Tech | 11
WWCFTech has collected a few rumors, based on AIDA64 release notes and HKEPC, about Intel’s CPU launches for the upcoming year. There are some ambiguities, however. First...
Read MorePosted by Scott Michaud | Nov 27, 2017 | Cases and Cooling | 27
While it looks like the product has made an appearance on their blog as early as July, FSP Technology Inc. has just officially announced their FSP2000-A0AGPBI ATX power supply....
Read MorePosted by Scott Michaud | Nov 27, 2017 | General Tech | 1
The Khronos Group has added a couple of new partners from China: The China Academy of Information and Communication Technology (CAICT) and Tencent. The former is a research institute for China’s Ministry…
Read MorePosted by Scott Michaud | Nov 27, 2017 | General Tech | 0
OpenVX is an API that enables computer vision in a range of applications, from gesture tracking to surveillance to robotics. This version includes the neural network nodes (convolution, deconvolution, etc.) as well…
Read MorePosted by Scott Michaud | Nov 25, 2017 | General Tech | 16
While I like the flexibility that JavaScript brings to the web, I also like that tools exist to control it. NoScript is a relatively popular Firefox extension that does just that. When…
Read MorePosted by Scott Michaud | Nov 19, 2017 | General Tech | 1
Back in SIGGRAPH 2016, NVIDIA announced that they would take control of Mental Ray’s licensing and development. The new product was in beta at the time, boasting a new global...
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